One in twenty drinkers in North America have an alcohol dependency problem, and 12% of men and 2.2% of women suffer from a disease that is alcohol-related or die prematurely due to alcohol intake. Statistics show that 85% percent of people in alcohol rehabilitation programs will relapse. This book is a practical addition or alternative to recovery. Learn how to take charge of your life as you read about the author's horrendous true life story and follow her through 31 days of rehabilitation.#xD;#xD;** This book contains mature subject matter and language **

Every woman in this world is a beauty in her own way and really strong in a lot of aspects. Women of strength are said to have an inner beast within them that comes out when they are faced with situations that call for a strong heart, clear mind and super-human physical strength that goes beyond what they could do any other time. Earth, Ross and Greta are three beautiful and powerful women whose inner beasts are honed to come out while they live their day to day lives and face the daily struggles of raising families, working and the stresses that come with trying to keep a household together while wrangling their children. Greta is a lone beauty full of mystery and mystique who is raising her kids on her own and working as a pharmacist to give them the best life she can possibly provide. Earth is a humble, stubborn and hardworking wife who stays home to raise her children while her husband works. She is a mother of three who can go from gentle and docile to raging fighter when her family is threatened. Ross is a strong independent woman who has become the breadwinner in her family after her husband's sudden loss of employment. She is a fighter and provider who works long, hard hours running a small company to provide for her four children and her husband. Animalistic characters are personified into physical appearance as these three women face their daily tasks, trials and tribulations and victories in their beast form in order to provide for themselves and their families.

Using Beaumont’s classic story as a touchstone, this work shows how “Beauty and the Beast” takes on different meanings as it is analyzed by psychologists, illustrated in picture books, adapted to the screen, and rewritten by contemporary writers. The Meanings of “Beauty and the Beast” provides expert commentary on the tale and on representative critical approaches and contemporary adaptations. This book also includes a variety of original source materials and twenty-three colour illustrations. The Meanings of “Beauty and the Beast” is for any reader who wishes to explore this classic, endlessly rich fairy tale.

Discover an enchanting collection of seven adaptations of the classic romantic fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, collated from around the world. A tale as old as time, Beauty and the Beast, is the perfect example of the magic of boundless love. Adored for centuries, it is known worldwide for its timeless message that true love goes beyond appearance. Encapsulating seven wonderful versions of the classic fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast - And Other Tales of Love in Unexpected Places, presents an illustrated volume of stories full of spellbinding love, as well as those with a darker twist. Accompanying these enchanting tales are many delightful illustrations by artists of the Golden Age of Illustration, such as Jennie Harbour, W. Heath Robinson, Charles Robinson, Edmund Dulac, and H. J. Ford. As part of the Origins of Fairy Tales from Around the World series, this volume, complete with captivating full colour and black-and-white illustrations, would make the perfect gift for lovers of the timeless Beauty and the Beast story, or those interested in the origins of one of the world’s most adored fairy tales.

From fairy tales to photography, nowhere is the complexity of human-animal relationships more apparent than in the creative arts. Art illuminates the nature and significance of animals in modern, Western thought, capturing the complicated union that has long existed between the animal kingdom and us. In Beauty and the Beast, authors Arluke and Bogdan explore this relationship through the unique lens of photo post­cards. This visual medium offers an enormous and relatively untapped archive to compelling document their subject.

This book was created with the intention of providing a unified work for those who love the "tale as old as time" that is Beauty and the Beast. And for curious readers and linguists who love challenges. Love may turn a beast into a man; but it may also turn a man into a beast. Who is the real beast and who is the protagonist of the tale? It is important to awaken the critical spirit of society, so that the whole world can become a better place. In this book readers will find: - Differences between English and American languages - New perspectives on Beauty and the Beast - Contemporary interpretations of the tale. Rossana Rosa Di Grazia is an emerging Italian writer who graduated and specialized in Language, Society and Communication. She is an English and Spanish teacher, and she also writes articles. As a life-long enthusiast of foreign languages and translation, her main interests are teaching, which she considers a mission, and traveling. Curiosity is what allowed her to get a good grasp of languages and human relations.

The “tale as old as time,” in versions from across the centuries and around the world—published to coincide with Disney’s live-action 3D musical film starring Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Audra McDonald, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Dan Stevens, and Emma Thompson Nearly every culture tells the story of Beauty and the Beast in one fashion or another. From Cupid and Psyche to India’s Snake Bride to South Africa’s “Story of Five Heads,” the partnering of beasts and beauties, of humans and animals in all their variety—cats, dogs, frogs, goats, lizards, bears, tortoises, monkeys, cranes, warthogs—has beguiled us for thousands of years, mapping the cultural contradictions that riddle every romantic relationship. In this fascinating volume, preeminent fairy tale scholar Maria Tatar brings together tales from ancient times to the present and from a wide variety of cultures, highlighting the continuities and the range of themes in a fairy tale that has been used both to keep young women in their place and to encourage them to rebel, and that has entertained adults and children alike. With fresh commentary, she shows us what animals and monsters, both male and female, tell us about ourselves, and about the transformative power of empathy. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Looks at how family, religion, history, news and entertainment keep women thinking they are defenseless. Snortland contends that women are capable of defending themselves and their loved ones--if they learn how. She argues that is not the female's size, it is her culturally induced ignorance that makes her think she is helpless. Snortland offers a clarion call to all women to wake up and take charge of their own self-defense--both verbal and physical--and celebrates women (and kids) who fought back. --Adapted from publisher description.

THE STORY: While closely following the traditional fable so beloved by all, this imaginative adaptation cleverly compresses the salient points of the story to make them more theatrically effective and easily staged. The main line of the action deal